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Seoul Named among 2017 Top 10 Cities to Travel by Lonely Planet

10/31/2016SMG15839

Lonely Planet, the world’s leading travel guidebook, has released the Best in Travel 2017 list. Seoul ranked seventh in Lonely Planet’s Top 10 Cities for 2017, and is the only Asian city in the top 10 list.

Ranking

Top 10 Cities

English

1

Bordeaux, France

Bordeaux, France

2

Cape Town, South Africa

Cape Town, South Africa

3

Los Angeles, USA

Los Angeles, USA

4

Merida, Mexico

Merida, Mexico

5

Ohrid, Macedonia

Ohrid, Macedonia

6

Pistoia, Italy

Pistoia, Italy

7

Seoul, South Korea

Seoul, South Korea

8

Lisbon, Portugal

Lisbon, Portugal

9

Moscow, Russia

Moscow, Russia

10

Portland, Oregon

Portland, Oregon

Lonely Planet wrote, “For over a decade Seoul has been striving to become a greener, more attractive and user-friendly metropolis. Following on from successful projects such as the Cheonggyecheon, where an aging elevated highway was torn down and replaced with a central park and waterway, the city will unveil in the latter part of 2017 the Seoul Skygarden.”

Seoul has been named one of the top ten tourist cities in the world for three consecutive years beginning in 2014, and hosted the third most international meetings among all global cities in 2015.